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Governor Signs Tax-Credit Bill, Vetoes Car Impounding
May 22, 2008Gov. Sonny Perdue recently authorized an education tax-credit law that could help parents pay for Catholic schools and vetoed a measure that required police officers to impound a vehicle when a driver does not have a driver’s license. The steps were wins for the Georgia Catholic Conference. Frank Mulcahy, the executive director for the public […]
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Jubilarian Mass Honors Decades Of Priestly Service
May 22, 2008More than 200 years of priestly service were celebrated at the Jubilarian Mass held Wednesday, May 7, at the Cathedral of Christ the King. Diocesan and consecrated religious priests alike processed into a quiet sanctuary Wednesday morning for the opportunity to be honored by the archbishop, their fellow priests and a few lay friends as […]
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Catholic New Media Event To Follow Congress
May 22, 2008Every year, tens of thousands of Catholics flock to the Georgia International Convention Center for the Eucharistic Congress, a diverse gathering that reaches out to people of many nations, cultures and races. This year, on the day following the Congress, those working in a new brand of ministry will be gathering at the GICC. The […]
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St. John Neumann Student ‘Doodles 4 Google’
May 22, 2008Jake Henderson, a sixth-grade student at St. John Neumann Regional School was recently named a state finalist in the Doodle 4 Google Contest sponsored by the popular Internet search engine. The competition to reinvent Google’s homepage logo was open to students in grades kindergarten to 12, with students competing in school level brackets. Two doodles […]
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New Narnia Movie Renews Message Of Courage, Faith
May 22, 2008Filmgoers looking for an entertaining blend of fantasy and adventure need look no further than the “Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.” The new movie offers a story of bravery and faith told with sumptuous detail and stunning effects. Based on the second book in the Narnia series by C.S. Lewis, “Prince Caspian” begins in the […]
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Aging Veterans Flown To See Their Memorial
May 22, 2008Lt. Col. Gerald “Bud” Might flew missions out of England with the Army Air Corps in B-17s, a B-26 and a C-54, taking to the air just months after his younger brother, Robert, was killed in a plane crash near Cologne, Germany. Shot at countless times over more than 75 missions, Might hung up his wings […]
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Blessed Trinity Girls Three-Peat In Soccer
May 18, 2008Blessed Trinity High School junior forward Christina Kyker scored the game’s only goal on an assist from senior midfielder Brittany Gordon with 14:00 left in the match to lead Blessed Trinity to its third consecutive state championship over Spalding High School of Griffin. Blessed Trinity head coach Gilbert Jean-Baptiste said the Spalding goalkeeper did an […]
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What I Have Seen And Heard (May 15, 2008)
May 15, 2008Several of the Atlanta morning television news shows announce birthdays as a human interest part of their broadcast. One of them highlights the birthdays of youngsters, and another recognizes the birthdays of centenarians. The J. M. Smucker Co. sponsors the latter, and you see the photographs of these lovely older people surrounded by the logos […]
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Pentecost … ‘The Fire Of God’s Love’
May 15, 2008Catherine lowered her eyes and was near tears, telling about the sufferings she went through in her native Poland during World War II. Her parents and sisters and brothers were killed. She lost everyone and everything and barely managed to escape to England, where she met and married her husband and began a new life. […]
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Dr. Thompson To Teach Tolkien Course
May 15, 2008Dr. Phil Thompson, executive director of the Aquinas Center of Theology at Emory University, will teach a five-week evening course in October entitled “J.R.R. Tolkien and the Spiritual Journey.” The class will study the sources of Tolkien’s vision of the spiritual journey that were influenced by his experiences of World War I, his Catholic faith […]